In a context tense by the Roman Polanski affair, named in twelve categories with his film J'accuse, and the internal crisis which is shaking the Academy, the Césars will be held Friday evening at the Salle Pleyel, in Paris. Among the great successes of the year, they will notably see Les Misérables , by Ladj Ly, a film punch on the suburbs, La Belle Epoque , a dramatic comedy by Nicolas Bedos, and Portrait of the young girl on fire , by Céline Sciamma, a forbidden love story between two women.
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Regarding J'accuse , the president of the Académie des César Alain Terzian - who has since resigned en bloc with all his management - said in January that his body should not "have moral positions". But a few days after the conviction of producer Harvey Weinstein, convicted of rape in the United States, and the interview granted by Adèle Haenel to the New York Times , in which she considers that France has "completely missed the boat" of #MeToo , one or more award (s) for the French-Polish director would probably be synonymous with an eventful evening.
Europe 1 draws up the complete list of nominees, category by category.
Best film
- The Belle Epoque by Nicolas Bedos
- Thanks to God by François Ozon
- Out of the norms by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
- J'accuse by Roman Polanski
- Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
- Portrait of the young girl on fire by Céline Sciamma
- Roubaix a light by Arnaud Desplechin
Best achievement
- Nicolas Bedos for La belle epoque - François Ozon for Grace to God
- Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache for Hors Norms
- Roman Polanski for J'accuse
- Ladj Ly for Les Misérables
- Céline Sciamma for Portrait of the girl on fire
- Arnaud Desplechin for Roubaix, a light
Best Actress
- Anaïs Demoustier in Alice and the mayor
- Eva Green in Proxima
- Adèle Haenel in Portrait of the girl on fire
- Chiara Mastroianni in Room 212
- Noémie Merlant in Portrait of the girl on fire
- Doria Tillier in La belle epoque
- Karin Viard in Sweet Song
Best actor
- Daniel Auteuil in La belle epoque
- Damien Bonnard in Les Misérables
- Vincent Cassel in Outside the norms
- Jean Dujardin in J'accuse
- Reda Kateb in Out of the ordinary
- Melvil Poupaud in Grace to God
- Roschdy Zem in Roubaix, a light
Best Actress in a Second Role
- Fanny Ardant in La belle epoque
- Josiane Balasko on Grace to God
- Laure Calamy in Only the beasts
- Sara Forestier in Roubaix, a light
- Hélène Vincent in Outside the norms
Best Actor in a Second Role
- Swann Arlaud on Thanks to God
- Grégory Gadebois in J'accuse
- Louis Garrel in J'accuse
- Benjamin Lavernhe in My unknown
- Denis Ménochet in Grace to God
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Most promising Actress
- Luàna Bajrami in Portrait of the girl on fire
- Céleste Brunnquell in Les Éblouis
- Lyna Khoudri in Papicha
- Nina Meurisse in Camille
- Mama Sané in Atlantic
Best Male Hope
- Anthony Bajon in In the name of the earth
- Benjamin Lesieur in Hors Normes
- Alexis Manenti in Les Misérables
- Liam Perron for School Life
- Djebril Zonga in Les Misérables
Best Original Screenplay
- Nicolas Bedos for La belle epoque
- François Ozon for Grace to God
- Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache for Hors Norms
- Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini and Alexis Manenti for Les misérables
- Céline Sciamma for Portrait of the girl on fire
Best Adaptation
- Adults in the room of Costa-Gavras
- J'accuse by Roman Polanski
- I lost my body by Jérémy Clapin
- Roubaix, a light by Arnaud Desplechin
- Only the Beasts of Dominik Moll
Best Original Music
- Fatima Al Gadiri for Atlantic
- Alexandre Desplat for J'accuse
- Dan Lévy for I lost my body
- Marco Casanova, Kim Chapiron for Les Misérables
- Grégoire Hetzel for Roubaix, a light
Best Sound
- Rémi Daru, Séverin Favriau and Jean-Paul Hurier for La belle epoque
- Nicolas Cantin, Thomas Desjonquères, Raphaël Mouterde, Olivier Goinard and Randy Thom for Le chant du loup
- Lucien Balibar, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta for J'accuse
- Arnaud Lavaleix, Jérôme Gonthier and Marco Casanova for Les Misérables
- Julien Sicart, Valérie de Loof and Daniel Sobrino for Portrait of the young girl on fire
Best Photo
- Nicolas Bolduc for La belle epoque
- Pawel Edelman for J'accuse
- Julien Poupard for Les Misérables
- Claire Mathon for Portrait of the young girl on fire
- Irina Lubtchansky for Roubaix, a light
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Best Editing
- Anny Danché and Florent Vassault for La belle epoque
- Laure Gardette for Grace to God
- Dorian Rigal-Ansous for Hors Norms
- Hervé de Luze for J'accuse
- Flora Volpelière for Les Misérables
Best Costumes
- Emmanuelle Youchnovski for La belle epoque
- Thierry Delettre for Edmond
- Pascaline Chavanne for J'accuse
- Alexandra Charles for Jeanne
- Dorothée Guiraud for Portrait of the girl on fire
Best Decors
- Stéphane Rozenbaum for La belle epoque
- Benoît Barouh for Le chant du loup
- Franck Schwarz for Edmond
- Jean Rabasse for J'accuse
- Thomas Grézaud for Portrait of the girl on fire
Best Short Film
- Beautiful Loser directed by Maxime Roy
- Ahmed's song by Foued Mansour
- Blue dog directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
- Nefta Football Club directed by Yves Piat
- Hair pile directed by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller
Best Animated Film
- The famous invasion of bears in Sicily by Lorenzo Mattotti
- I lost my body by Jérémy Clapin
- Les Hirondelles de Kaboul by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
- This beautiful cake from Marc James Roels and Emma from Swaef
- I'm going out to buy Osman Cerfon cigarettes
- The night of Gabriel Harel's plastic bags
- Make It Soul by Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Best Documentary Film
- 68, my father and the nails directed by Samuel Bigiaoui
- The Cordillera of Dreams directed by Patricio Guzmán
- Lourdes directed by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
- M directed by Yolande Zauberman
- Wonder boy Olivier Rousteing, born under X directed by Anissa Bonnefont
Best First Film
- Mati Diop Atlantic
- In the name of the land of Edouard Bergeon
- The Song of the Wolf by Antony Baudry
- Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
- Mounia Meddour Papicha
Best Foreign Film
- Pain and Glory, by Pedro Almodovar
- Le Jeune Ahmed, by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Joker, by Todd Philips
- Lola vers la mer, by Laurent Micheli
- Once Upon A Time ..., by Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite, from Bong Joon-Ho
- The Traitor, by Marco Bellocchio
Public Caesar
- What have we done to the good god again ?, by Philippe de Chauveron
- We will end together, by Guillaume Canet
- Hors Normes, by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
- Les miserables, by Ladj Ly
- In the name of the earth, by Edouard Bergeron